The sixth game was the charm for a blind curling team from 100 Mile House, which competed last week at the Blind Curling Western Canadian Championships in Winnipeg.
That 9-2 victory with Manitoba was their only win out of seven games they played at the competition.
The team, comprised of skip Jim Vinson, lead Katelyn Vanderburgh, second Marilyn Vinson, and third Chris Zonruiter, only formed this season and all but Jim were novices.
Hugh MacGillivray, of the 100 Mile Curling Club, was their coach and sighted guide.
Jim says it was their inexperience with curling on ice surfaces other than their home ice that kept them from getting better results.
"It made a difference and we figured that out as we went along. It was very fast ice and ours at home is slow.
"It took a while to get the hang of it. You can't change that drastically if you've never had the experience before."
Their game scores improved as the tournament progressed, with games 2 through 5 coming down to the last shots.
Jim says their lone victory was much appreciated by his foursome.
"It was a very good win and gave us a pretty good feeling because until then, we had been having so much trouble with the ice."
He adds most teams were there to have a good time, but on the ice, everyone was there to win.
"The quality of curling was just staggering."
The tournament rules allowed the second rock to be thrown by a sighted guide and it's an option that most teams took, the skip says, adding they chose to refrain.
"It is an advantage and our outcome would have been better if we had, but we went as a visually impaired team and we feel good about that."
MacGillivray did, however, sweep for both Vanderburgh and Marilyn Vinson, who do not yet feel confident with their footing on the ice.
All of the team members were inspired by their experience at the tournament and are already focusing on how they can improve for next year's zone championships, which are the qualifier for westerns.
Jim says they also have praise for the people who have helped them along so far.
"We have to thank the junior and the senior curlers who helped us practise this season, and Hugh, our coach, was great. He jumped in with both feet."